Title
ʿIqd al-Jumān fī Taʾrīkh Ahl al-Zamān
عقد الجمان في تاريخ أهل الزمان
Alternative title
Type
manuscript
Author
al-ʿAynī, Badr al-Dīn Maḥmūd b. Aḥmad
Physical description
صفحات 187; عدد السطور بالصفحة 31; طول الصفحة 271 ملم; عرض الصفحة 182 ملم
Folios 187; Number of lines per page 31; Leaf height 271 mm; Leaf width 182 mm
- Volume
This volume discusses the period 725-745 AH.
- Lines
31
- Dimensions
Leaf height 271 mm; Leaf width 182 mm
- Text Area
215x135 mm
- Number of folios
187
- Binding
Dark brown leather decorated by small tools (a central medallion with a draw of a star inside it, pendants, and a frame). The upper cover is worn-out
Manuscript description
Margins contain: correction notes, commentary notes. There are several notes after the end of the book mainly about Sultan Jaqmaq. However, after the end of the text, someone wrote in 898 “naqalahu Muḥammad b. Rajab al-Zahrī”. Reading notes of: Muḥammad Kurkumās al-Ḥanfī f.1a; Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Maymūnī in 871 AH (in addition to two poetry verses he has written after reading the book) f.1a; Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādir (al-Laythī????) al-Miṣrī al-Shāfiʿī in (most ?70 probably 870 AH); (Taghrībarmash?) Al-Faqīh on (f.1a) in the year
( د ل ض) (might be 834 AH?)
- Ownership Statement
Waqf statement of al-madrasa al-ʿAynīya (f.1a). TKSM stamp on (f.1a). Stamp of the library of sultan Ahmet III (f.1a).
- Colophon
An Autograph of the author.
- Completeness
Complete
- Catchwords
Inconsistent use of catchwords.
- Script
- Style
Naskh ''unclear'' script
- Ink
Black metallic ink. Basic red rubrication and overlining.
- Writing material
- Material
Oriental Papers
- Color
Some of the folios are darker and rather hard to read or totally illegible due to the effect of the metallic ink
- Bibliographic Info
Open ITI
0855BadrDinCayni.CiqdJuman
Collection and Call number
Topkapi Palace Museum- Sultan Ahmet III (Sultanahmet Kütüphanesi) - A. 2911/a17
- Location
Topkapi Palace Museum- Sultan Ahmet III
- Current classmark
A. 2911/a17
- Alternate Classmark
There is an old call number of the manuscript on f.1a “Tārīkh 122”.
Genre
Historiography
Universal History
Universal History
Date
Copied before 830 AH
نسخت قبل سنة 830 هجرية
Language
Arabic
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